diff --git a/lib/spec/lib/sitestandards_spec.rb b/lib/spec/lib/sitestandards_spec.rb
index 5667a15d9c..393d3bc946 100644
--- a/lib/spec/lib/sitestandards_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/spec/lib/sitestandards_spec.rb
@@ -42,4 +42,28 @@
       expect("/downloads.html").not_to match(valid)
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'check for links to a privacy policy' do
+    valid = SiteStandards::COMMON_CHECKS['privacy'][SiteStandards::CHECK_VALIDATE]
+    it "should recognize the canonical privacy policy URL" do
+      expect("https://privacy.apache.org/policies/privacy-policy-public.html").to match(valid)
+    end
+    it "should recognize the legacy foundation privacy URL" do
+      expect("https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/privacy.html").to match(valid)
+      expect("https://apache.org/foundation/policies/privacy.html").to match(valid)
+    end
+    it "should recognize project-level privacy pages on *.apache.org" do
+      expect("https://beam.apache.org/privacy_policy").to match(valid)
+      expect("https://karaf.apache.org/privacy.html").to match(valid)
+      expect("https://pig.apache.org/privacypolicy.html").to match(valid)
+      expect("https://systemds.apache.org/privacy-policy").to match(valid)
+      expect("https://hudi.apache.org/asf/privacy").to match(valid)
+      expect("https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KNOX/Privacy+Policy").to match(valid)
+    end
+    it "should reject non-ASF privacy pages" do
+      expect("https://policies.google.com/privacy").not_to match(valid)
+      expect("https://github.com/apache/privacy-website").not_to match(valid)
+      expect("https://example.com/privacy-policy.html").not_to match(valid)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/whimsy/sitestandards.rb b/lib/whimsy/sitestandards.rb
index dcd833197f..2302b054c9 100644
--- a/lib/whimsy/sitestandards.rb
+++ b/lib/whimsy/sitestandards.rb
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ module SiteStandards
       CHECK_VALIDATE => %r{\Ahttps://privacy\.apache\.org/policies/privacy-policy-public\.html\z
                           |
                           \Ahttps?://(?:www\.)?apache\.org/foundation/policies/privacy\.html\z
+                          |
+                          \Ahttps?://[a-z0-9.-]*\.?apache\.org/.*privac[yie]
                           }ix,
       CHECK_TYPE => 'href',
       CHECK_POLICY => 'https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html#navigation',